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It was a cold night outside that surrounded the Red Devil basketball team for the second night in a row. After downing the North Marion Colts with a cold shooting night, the Red Devils became even more cold as they moved to the second game against the Vanguard Knights.

If you’re planning on retiring sometime early in the new year, now is the time to apply for retirement benefits. The most convenient way to apply for Social Security benefits is online — from the comfort of your home or office. Just go to www.socialsecurity.gov/applyonline.

Our website will walk you through the online retirement application process. We will tell you what information you will need to answer the questions on the application. Further, we will describe the documents you may need to present once you have submitted your application.

The Levy County Legislative Delegation will meet on Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. in Courtroom A at the Levy County Courthouse.

The meeting provides an opportunity for Levy County and municipal officials to make their requests for legislation on issues of concern before the legislative session. It is also an opportunity for the public to speak to their representatives and senators on issues that matter and to request action.

The Levy County Commission is looking for information on water — how much there is, how it is being used, where it is going and whether to join or form a water authority.

To that end it is checking whether a larger meeting place will be needed for a joint workshop on the region’s water supply with the Suwannee River Water Management District and South West Florida Water Management District. The workshop set for noon Dec. 8 at Bronson’s old town hall, would also include representatives from the county’s eight municipalities and the public.

It was a tough picture for anyone to erase from memory: two men sat across a table dining while the hands of an unseen third man — the one wearing a video camera with wiring sewn into his shirt — reaches into a bag and pulls out a stack of fresh $100 bills.

“Let’s get down to business here,” the disembodied voice of FBI Special Agent Sean Quinn says, “This is $10,000 here.” He counts out the bills into 10 stacks.

I’ve given this matter a lot of thought, lately, and not because I mull profoundly in my spare time, but because my son has asked some specific questions and I know it’s a matter of time before he figures out some of the answers.

I have known Sammy Yearty for about 18 years. I attend most of the commission meetings in Levy County and volunteer with the Levy County Emergency Management. During this time I have observed Sammy in meetings and during storms. I worked in the EOC under his leadership and I have never known Sammy to do anything that was not in the best interest of the citizens of Levy County.